Characteristics
Dicots
Dianthus armeria L.
DEPTFORD PINK
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Not Native UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Dianthus armeria L. - DEPTFORD PINK
Citation
DIANTHUS ARMERIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 410. 1753.
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Europe, without data (lectotype: LINN 581.6). Lectotypified by Jonsell & C. E. Jarvis, Nordic J. Bot. 14: 156. 1994.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Bay
AUA-Lit
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Caryophyllus armeria
Caryophyllus armeria (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus 59. 1794.
BASIONYM: Dianthus armeria Linnaeus 1753.
 
Cylichnanthus maculatus
Cylichnanthus maculatus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 261. 1867, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Dianthus armeria Linnaeus 1753.
 
Dianthus armerioides
Dianthus armerioides Rafinesque, Precis Decouv. Somiol. 36. 1814.
 
TYPE: NEW JERSEY:
Dianthus epirotus
Dianthus epirotus Halacsy, Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 708. 1898.
 
 
Diosanthos armeria
Diosanthos armeria (Linnaeus) Saint-Lager, Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 87, 124. 1880.
BASIONYM: Dianthus armeria Linnaeus 1753.
 
Specimens and Distribution

Click on an Accession Number to view additional details about the specimen.

Counties listed: Bates, Burlington, Butler, Cocke, DeKalb, Dorchester, Essex, Fairfax, Fayette, Florence, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Haywood, James City, Jay, Lake and Sanders, Lancaster, Lasalle, Laurens, Lee, Madison, Morris, Orange, Page, Pulaski, Vernon, Washington, Westmoreland, Williamson, Woodford, Yancey

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1845 - 2016

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Arkansas
Fulton Co.
18 Jun 1968
8872
R. D. Thomas
USA
Illinois
DeKalb Co.
18 Jun 2012
12-25
P. D. Sorensen
USA
Illinois
DeKalb Co.
02 Jul 2006
06-42
P. D. Sorensen
USA
Illinois
DeKalb Co.
20 Jun 2007
07-37
P. D. Sorensen
USA
Illinois
Lasalle Co.
20 Jun 2000
32454
S. R. Hill
USA
Indiana
Jay Co.
28 Jul 2007
502
A. R. Franck
USA
Kentucky
Madison Co.
10 Jul 1982
1803
D. D. Taylor
USA
Kentucky
Pulaski Co.
01 Jun 1991
346
J. Richard Abbott
"Deptford Pink".
USA
Kentucky
Woodford Co.
13 Jun 1955
8924
M. E. Wharton
USA
Maryland
Dorchester Co.
16 Jun 2015
23061
W. D. Longbottom
Plant Photos
Dianthus armeria - 56
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Dianthus armeria - 56
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Dianthus armeria - 56
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Dianthus armeria - 56
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Dianthus armeria - 159
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